“Leave” Well Enough Alone or Rake?

Most of the leaves we're familiar with only last a few months.

Down ‘n Dirty…

Cold sweat, spit-covered hands and mud probably immune-trained" our microbes about as well as could be expected.

One of the oldest and most-common malapropisms in modern English is "irregardless".

A "pet peeve" can also be known as a "bugbear", "complaint", "grievance", "groan", "hateful object", "personal vexation" or "pet aversion".

Ninety-three percent of what people understand when you talk is due to body language, facial expression, style and tone.

But "slang" also applies to "acronyms", an abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word.

When it gets hot and dry in the summer, some folks like to say they see "heat lightning" off in the distance.

It was actually our neighbor's evergreen but I asked if she was "emotionally-attached" to it.

Generally speaking, puns can be a little more involved or "wordy" tah Dad jokes but they are closely related.

I'm not one to wonder "what if" or "should I have" but it is a sobering reminder that life on Earth is fleeting.